public figure

public figure definition - legal

n

A person who is famous or notorious or who has willingly become involved with a public issue or controversy,

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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